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Future Creative Transforming learning through creativity and innovation

Creative Learning Programmes Primary Schools & Secondary Schools

impr oving atten danc e and beha viour

From “satisfactory” to “outstanding”

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When working with Future Creative, we link our work to our School Development Plan to make sure that we are achieving our targets in terms of behaviour, attitude to learning and academic success. It’s been fantastic! Michael Cater, Assistant Headteacher, Mascalls [secondary] School, Kent

Over the last ten years, Future Creative has:

completed more than 700 successful projects with education settings engaged with over 42,000 children and young people

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Derek Boyle, Assistant Headteacher, Hillview School for Girls, Kent

We have really moved forwards as a school as a result of working with Future Creative. It has enabled the staff to design a more creative curriculum and take risks - beneﬁts to pupils have been enormous. Partnering with Future Creative has led us to being judged ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted.

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Bill McGrory, Headteacher, Minterne Community Junior School, Kent

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Future Creative’s highly skilled and experienced team develops and delivers creative education programmes that empower children, young people and adults to raise their aspirations and attainment in preparation for learning and life.

trained more than 5,000 education professionals

We now have a cohort of staff that have engaged with the creative learning programme and these are the best ambassadors I could hope for. They want to move the change agenda forward and they are going to be vital in the transformational process we have already started

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Welcome to Future Creative Education

The fact is that given the challenges we face, education doesn’t need to be reformed - it needs to be transformed. The key to this transformation is not to standardize education, but to personalize it, to build achievement on discovering the individual talents of each child, to put students in an environment where they want to learn and where they can naturally discover their true passions. Ken Robinson (The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything)

Within this brochure you will ﬁnd full details of the current range of Future Creative education and training programmes designed for primary and secondary school students, teachers and senior managers. Over the last ten years, Future Creative has developed a strong reputation for its work in delivering effective creative learning programmes and powerful CPD courses that raise standards in schools through engaging learners and empowering teachers. We work closely with universities, local authorities and government departments to ensure our education programmes are high quality and high impact. We implement comprehensive evaluation systems to enable schools to gather evidence of impact and recognise progression. Our innovative programmes enable children and young people to engage with their learning, allowing them to realise their potential whilst increasing their attainment. When evaluating the impact of our creative learning programmes in schools: National Federation for Education Research found that • 91% have seen an improvement in pupil’s conﬁdence and communication skills. • 87% have seen an improvement in pupil’s motivation. • 79% have seen an improvement in attainment in their school. British Market Research Bureau (headteacher interviews) found that • 94% have seen an improvement in the teaching skills of their teachers, as they learn alongside their pupils. • 92% of teachers are more willing to take a creative approach, broadening the perception that creativity can be expressed through many different areas and aspects of the curriculum.

We pride ourselves on transforming learning and lives through the development of innovation and creativity in education!

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contents Primary Schools Inspiring Education ......................... 4 Bespoke Creative Learning ........... 6 Whole School Development .......... 7 Discovery Days ............................... 8 Creative Expeditions ..................... 12 Lend a Lesson................................ 14 CPD & Training for Staff ................ 16 Education Consultancy ................ 18

Secondary Schools Inspiring Education ....................... 20 Bespoke Creative Learning ......... 22 Whole School Development ......... 23 Learning Boosters ......................... 24 Subject Explosions ....................... 28 Living in Literature......................... 30 OCR Foundation Learning ............ 32 Creative PSHE Days ..................... 34 Creative Horizons ......................... 36 Lend a Lesson ............................... 38 Arts Portfolio Development ......... 40 Artist in Residence ....................... 41 CPD & Training for Staff ................ 42 Education Consultancy ................ 44 Success Stories ............................ 46

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Inspiring Education in Primary Schools

Inspiring Education in Primary Schools Future Creative has delivered high quality creative learning programmes in primary schools since 2002. We build the learning outcomes of Foundation Stage, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 into all of our programmes and pursue a cross-curricular approach in their delivery. Our programmes range from a one-day learning event, such as a Discovery Day to a longer term intervention in the form of a Whole School Development programme.

Our experience and expertise in the education sector guarantees a successful outcome for your children and sustainable development for your school. Future Creative has a large team of professional practitioners who use creative learning approaches to deliver inspirational programmes that raise attainment, develop life skills and leave a lasting legacy in your school!

What are the benefits of Future Creative learning programmes? • Children become more confident and independent learners as they engage with their lessons and improve attendance and behaviour for learning. • Creative learning sessions allow children to question, make connections, innovate and reflect critically, which prepares them for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of life and work beyond school. • Staff develop creative approaches to teaching and learning through CPD and observing creative practitioners, which increases their engagement and commitment to teaching. • Increased parental engagement with young people’s learning and school activity.

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Primary Schools Bespoke Creative Learning Programmes

Primary Schools Whole School Development

Are there areas in your school life that need a boost through Creative Learning?

Transform your school environment through a whole-school development programme!

Future Creative designs and delivers tailor-made creative learning programmes to ﬁt the needs of schools. Our bespoke creative interventions respond to the speciﬁc needs of your schools. For example: • Are you under pressure to improve attainment in SATS results? • Do you want to take your school from ‘satisfactory’ to ‘outstanding’? • Do you need to develop pupil voice? • Do you need to involve parents more? • Do you want to ease transitions for children between Key Stages? • Do you need to improve behaviour for learning?

Give us your challenge and we will design and deliver a creative learning programme to help you meet it! Future Creative has a team of experienced, qualiﬁed practitioners and consultants — we will provide the resources and expertise to meet your needs and overcome your challenges!

Future Creative supports and enables schools to become innovative, 21st-century learning organisations. Whole School Development empowers senior leaders, through creative interventions, to enhance their leadership skills, renew their vision and motivate their staff. These programmes require a longer term commitment from the whole school to partner with us in making change happen. Transform your school by: • Inspiring your leaders and motivating your managers • Embedding sustainable CPD and training courses • Developing creative learning for all children and young people • Innovative curriculum development and delivery • Developing your environment and resources Beneﬁts of a Whole School Development Programme: • Individual Learning: Investigating innovative ways to challenge thinking and developing more creative approaches to leadership roles and responsibilities. • Team Development: Understanding how senior leaders can work in collaboration with each other and the whole school staff to develop crosscurricular interventions that focus on providing creative learning experiences and developing creative thinking skills for young people, fellow teachers, and other colleagues.

Bespoke To discuss this further and book a no-obligation meeting with us, please contact our Education Team on 0845 200 4628 or email explore@future-creative.org 8

• Whole School Creative Change: Exploring the philosophy, theories, and practices key to the success of children and young people and the school. Underpin core values and develop a shared vision for whole school change and innovation.

Whole School To ﬁnd out more about a whole school development programme for your school, please contact our Education Team on 0845 200 4628 or explore@future-creative.org 9

Primary Schools Discovery Days

Discovery Days bring your classroom themes to life! • Get your pupils engaged in cross-curricular learning. • Take part in a bite-sized CPD session with an inspirational creative practitioner. What is a Discovery Day?

What are the beneﬁts?

During a Discovery Day, children, teachers, and creative practitioners collaborate on an exciting, interactive and engaging learning experience. The day includes:

• Increased learning skills and conﬁdence for children and teachers

• Creative activity across your chosen theme • A creative practitioner working in partnership with class teacher and children • Evaluation and future planning with an expert creative practitioner, during a CPD session • Links to the National Curriculum throughout.

Children at St John’s RC Primary School enjoying learning in the great outdoors

Turn over to choose your Discovery Day...

• Sustainable, cross-curricular CPD for teachers • New ideas and creative approaches to teaching and learning • Fun and memorable connections in the themes you are studying • Improved SATS results through hands-on, real-life learning.

Songwriting with professional musicians Exploring history with pupils at Hamstreet Primary School

Sourcing natural materials around

at Bishops Down Primary School

Northﬂeet Nursery & Infant School

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Primary Schools Discovery Days

What will you discover? India

Explore geological aspects of the Indian landscape, using spices, clay and other cultural materials.

Robots Use dance and musical interpretation to investigate robotic movements and mechanisms.

The fun world of Aesop’s Fables Research the characters from chosen fables, act out the stories and unpick the moral of the tales. Finding out about your school building Become detectives and use visual clues to discuss style, patterns, shapes, colours and textures.

Dinosaurs Make models of dinosaurs using clay, willow and other materials. Investigate movements using wires and weights.

Mexico and the Aztecs Make pottery, jewellery, bones, prints and clothes to explore the culture, and take part in an exciting archaeological dig!

Rivers Make a large clay model of the journey of a river. Explore gravity and do experiments to learn how water travels.

Circus skills A trained circus skills performer in your school, demonstrating juggling, diablo and plate spinning!

Africa Create African artifacts to represent the unique interests of your class and celebrate with music and dance.

Your story illustrated Role play and book-making - create a story and have it illustrated by a professional artist.

Film-making workshop Script-writing, editing, storytelling and story-boarding as well as special effects, set dressing and acting.

Stories across Europe From St George in England, to fairytales in the courts of France—collect stories from across Europe.

Seaside-themed activities Go on a Victorian seaside holiday, with an ’End of Pier’ performance!

Football across the curriculum Write match reports, practise commentary, and research match statistics.

Transport Use music, movement and rhythm to represent different modes of transport.

Asia Discover myths, culture, geography and religion from Asia through storytelling and drama activities.

Composing music & lyrics Write your own songs, experiment with musical instruments and take part in X Factor-style auditions.

Develop the entrepreneurial skills of your class Set up a smoothie bar and learn what goes into selling fruity drinks in the retail sector.

Exploring the moon, stars and planets Make a scale model solar system, and learn more about the mysterious universe.

Taking the classroom outside Make the best use of natural resources to bring the curriculum to life!

Australia Explore exciting stories from Australia through folk tales, myths and legends with performance.

Roman Times Search through Roman history and develop knowledge about Roman artefacts.

Introduction to French language and culture Use theatre, music and games to investigate all things French!

Pirate adventures and stories Drama, games, and storytelling activities all based on a pirate theme.

To start the journey and book a Discovery Day for your primary school, please call 0845 200 4628 or email explore@future-creative.org 12

Primary Schools Creative Expeditions

Upgrade your Discovery Day to a Creative Expedition! Stay in Space? Dwell on Dinosaurs? Ponder over Pirates? A Creative Expedition is an opportunity for children, teachers and creative practitioners to extend the theme-based learning of a Discovery Day into a longer programme across a term.

What are the beneﬁts? • Children spend more time exploring a theme and discovering new ideas, enabling them to embed their discovery into their own personalised learning. • Teachers have the opportunity to embed new ideas deeper into their teaching practice. • Focused CPD sessions for teachers throughout the Creative Expedition allow them to link the learning into curriculum plans. • Deeper exploration of the curriculum, and understanding how cross-curricular learning can become part of daily teaching and learning. • Promotion of a deeper relationship and dialogue between children and their teacher. • Improvement in behaviour for learning. • Greater opportunity for parental engagement. • Supports increased attainment in SATS.

To ﬁnd out more information or to book a Creative Expedition for your primary school, please call 0845 200 4628 or email explore@future-creative.org 14

Primary Schools Lend a Lesson

Are there lessons in your school that need an injection of creativity? Lend a lesson...and see what Future Creative can do with it! A creative practitioner with an academic skillset delivers an inspirational lesson observed by staff using resources from within the school. What are the beneﬁts? • Teachers are supported in the planning and delivery of lessons that need a creative boost. • Children are able to engage with their learning in a meaningful way and give feedback on what works for them. • Teachers are given supported planning, reﬂection and selfevaluation time with a personalised CPD session.

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Lend a Lesson To lend us a lesson, please call 0845 200 4628 or email explore@future-creative.org

Primary Schools CPD and Training Courses

Primary Schools CPD and Training Courses CPD courses for Primary Schools

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Our staff enjoyed a highly engaging, messy, colourful and creative Inset Day – the impact was felt across the whole school (Teacher, Skinner Street Primary School, Kent)

Boys and Girls Learning and Development Supporting teachers to respond to the individual needs of boys and girls in the classroom, ensuring that they learn effectively.

Active Learning across the curriculum Linking effective practice to child development to support teachers in delivering highquality, active learning experiences with children.

The Great Escape Connecting the outdoors to the National Curriculum and giving teachers the conﬁdence to maximise the beneﬁts of the outdoor environment.

Involving Parents in Children’s Learning Sustaining communicative relationships with parents and partnering in children’s learning experiences.

Rhyme, Rhythm, Letters and Sounds Equipping teachers with the tools to assess progress in phonics, and the ability to respond to challenges in this area of learning.

Equality and Diversity in the Primary School Enabling teachers to identify, plan for and respond to children’s individual needs.

Developing a Stimulating Environment to Support Learning Inspiring teachers to create and sustain a multi-sensory environment to improve engagement and achievement in learning.

Supporting problemsolving, reasoning and numeracy Giving teachers the practical solutions to make mathematical links in all curriculum subjects.

Developing a Creative Curriculum Providing staff with practical support to embed creative learning effectively into their teaching.

Promoting Positive Behaviour Understanding how to introduce and maintain practical behaviour management strategies.

Tailored programme of training and support Designed to equip new teachers with skills for the classroom, and to lay foundations for their future development.

Managing issues relating to safeguarding and child protection Equipping school staff to comply with current legislation and best practice in safeguarding children.

All courses can be booked ‘in-house’ or as part of shared training with other schools. To ﬁnd out more information about our training courses, or to book a course for your school, please call 0845 200 4628 or email explore@future-creative.org 19

Primary Schools Consultancy

Primary Schools Get in Touch

The possibilities are endless... Future Creative designs and delivers specialist consultancy that is tailor-made to the speciﬁc requirements of schools. Amongst other resources, we use school development plans and previous Ofsted reports to bring creative solutions to complex issues.

Consultancy Get an outside perspective...

Future Creative consultancy goes beyond CPD by identifying areas of development that will enhance the growth and progression of teachers and young people. Using their professional knowledge and educational experience, our consultants will: • • • • • •

Gather information Make detailed observations Identify priorities Generate opinions Review and make recommendations Discuss the emerging issues and identify the possible causes • Highlight options and possibilities and design an action plan • Empower schools to evaluate and measure impact

Invite one of our education consultants to visit your school and identify areas of development that may need supporting. Our education consultants are knowledgeable, skilled, experienced and up-to-date with recent Ofsted changes. Their aim is not to interfere and dictate, but to inspire and empower!

This service is particularly useful during preparation for your next Ofsted inspection.

If you are interested in booking any of our creative learning programmes, or for any further information, please call 0845 200 4628 or e-mail the Education Team at explore@future-creative.org

To ﬁnd out more information about training and consultancy, or to book a course for your setting, please call 0845 200 4628 or email explore@future-creative.org

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Make it happen!

Inspiring Education in Secondary Schools

Future Creative provides creative approaches to learning in secondary schools which enable young people to grow in conﬁdence, raising aspirations and attainment. We build the learning outcomes of Key Stage 3 and 4 into our methods, complementing a cross-curricular approach to teaching.

Our wealth of experience working in the education sector means we can adapt our approach to ensure a successful outcome. Future Creative delivers inspirational programmes that raise attainment, develop life skills and empower young people to take control of their own learning, leaving a lasting legacy in your school!

Our programmes range from a oneday learning event to whole-school development programmes.

What are the benefits of Future Creative learning programmes? • Young people become more confident and independent learners as they engage with their lessons and improve attendance and behaviour for learning. • The creative learning process allows young people to question, make connections, innovate and reflect critically, which prepares them for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of life and work beyond school. • Staff develop creative approaches to teaching and learning through CPD and observing creative practitioners, which increases their engagement and commitment to teaching. • Increased parental engagement with young people’s learning and school activity.

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Secondary Schools

Future Creative has changed the way I look at lessons... I’ve realised how important the creative dimension is to learning. Graham Blunt, Maths Teacher, Ellington & Hereson School, Kent

Secondary Schools Bespoke Creative Learning Programmes

Secondary Schools Whole School Development

Do you need to address a speciﬁc challenge in your school?

Transform your school environment through a whole-school change programme!

Future Creative works with schools to design and deliver bespoke creative learning programmes to ﬁt the needs of your setting. • Do you need to take your school from ‘satisfactory’ to ‘outstanding’? • Are you under pressure to improve attainment and raise standards? • Is your school becoming a Federation or Academy?

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• Are you adjusting to the requirements of the English Baccalaureate? • Do you need to involve parents more in school life? • Do you want to ease transition between Key Stages? • Do you need to improve behaviour for learning? Future Creative has a team of experienced, talented practitioners and consultants than can work alongside you to transform teaching and learning in your school. We provide innovative solutions that are:

Bespoke • Targeted, bespoke creative learning programmes designed to speciﬁcally provide solutions to on-going concerns. • Planned to meet speciﬁc needs of young people to ensure re-engagement in learning and increase in attainment.

• Designed to meet areas for development identifed from school improvement plans or Ofsted recommendations. To ﬁnd out more about creating a bespoke learning programme for your school, please ring on 0845 200 4628 or email explore@future-creative.org

Future Creative supports and enables schools to become innovative, 21st-century learning organisations. Whole School Development empowers senior leaders and managers, through creative interventions, to enhance their leadership skills, renew their vision and motivate their staff. These programmes require a longer term commitment from the whole school to partner with us in making change happen. Transform your school through: • Inspiring your leaders and motivating your managers • Embedding sustainable CPD and training courses • Developing creative learning for all young people • Innovative curriculum development and delivery • Environment and resources development Beneﬁts of a Whole School Development Programme: • Individual Learning: Investigating innovative ways to challenge thinking and developing more creative approaches to leadership role. • Team Development: Understanding how senior leaders can work in collaboration with each other and the whole school staff to develop crosscurricular creative interventions that focus on providing creative learning experiences and developing creative thinking skills for young people, fellow teachers, and other colleagues. • Whole School Creative Change: Exploring the philosophy, theories, and practices key to the success of young people and the school. Underpin core values and develop a shared vision for whole school change and innovation.

Whole School To ﬁnd out more about delivering a Whole School Development programme in your school, please ring 0845 200 4628 or email explore@future-creative.org 25

Secondary Schools Learning Boosters Use Learning Boosters to raise attainment in core curriculum subjects, and improve behaviour, attendance and engagement in lessons! 65% of students who took part in a Learning Booster programme improved by one or more grades in their Maths and English GCSE. What are the beneﬁts of a Learning Booster programme? • Designed to support young people in raising their attainment, particularly in English and Maths. • Enables young people to sub-consciously learn numeracy and literacy skills through alternative curriculum programmes.

Secondary Schools Learning Boosters

Amaze...Using maps, mazes and labyrinths to navigate through life and learning. Work with a creative practitioner to develop mind maps and physical mazes in and out of doors, on paper or on a computer to explore life issues such as difﬁcult transitions, identity and life journeys. Curriculum Links & Learning Outcomes • Geography – Develop an understanding of the interactions between places and the networks created by ﬂows of information, people and goods. Make links between scales to develop understanding of geographical ideas. • Science – Take learning outdoors and explore the environment, the planet earth and the universe. • English – Develop pupils’ ability to write imaginatively and with relevance to different audiences using creative planning tools, such as mind maps and story boards. • Maths – Select appropriate mathematical tools and methods and use a combination of experiences, imagination and reasoning to construct new knowledge.

• Embeds creative learning ﬁrmly across subject areas, by surprising young people as they discover cross-curricular links throughout the sessions. • Inspires and supports teachers to go beyond their comfort zone and try out new ideas.

Choose your Learning Booster programme... The Production Company... Bring the world of theatre to life and enhance curriculum learning. Discover the roles and responsibilities required to run a theatre company, creating a production from initial concept to ﬁnal performance with the expertise of a creative practioner. Curriculum Links & Learning Outcomes • English – Express ideas creatively and imaginatively, and develop conﬁdent and effective written and verbal communication skills. • Maths – Learn to apply mathematical skills in relevant real-world situations, discovering the logistics required when creating a production as well as the associated budgeting and business skills necessary. • PSHE – Work in small groups to explore roles and responsibilities within the production team. Formulate news ideas to apply in real life scenarios and discover that the most successful outcomes arise from experimentation and collaboration.

On Your Feet... Dance through the curriculum. Explore how social history is reﬂected through the development of dance genres. Working with a creative practitioner, learn the historical background to various forms of dance, and build this into choreographing and performing routines to bring history to life. Curriculum Links & Learning Outcomes • History – Explore ways in which events in history have helped to shape identities, shared cultures, values and attitudes and how this is reﬂected in dance. • Science – Use dance as a tool to explore organisms, behaviour and health. • Maths – Develop an understanding that maths is present in a range of contexts outside the classroom through the creation of patterns and an understanding of rhythm and timing in music and dance. • PE – Experience a range of roles within physical activity and use imaginative ways to express and communicate ideas, solve problems and overcome challenges.

Talk of the Town... Equipping tomorrow’s social entrepreneurs Explore the history of your local district, meet with community members and local government representatives to explore local issues and ﬁnd solutions. Curriculum Links & Learning Outcomes • Geography – Investigate building and architectural plans and explore themes such as urban change, migration and sustainable development. • English – Use a variety of media including reports, press articles and social networking sites to understand campaigning and lobbying. • Citizenship – Engage in understanding the rights, responsibilities and legislation affecting communities, and encourage students to play an active role in both their schools and local neighbourhoods

From our own Correspondent... Become a foreign correspondent, research breaking news and report from around the world. Use newspapers, magazines and the internet to investigate global current affairs. Work with professional journalists to write and report breaking news on a range of broadcast media, including audio and ﬁlm. Curriculum Links & Learning Outcomes • English – Explore a combination of speaking, listening, reading and writing tasks, and develop an increased understanding of the importance of using language to explain, inform, advise, narrate or describe. • Geography – Studying current news stories to increase understanding and appreciation of the dynamic and complex world. Deepen awareness of the signiﬁcance of location, and environment and the impact they can have on societies. • Modern Foreign Languages – Explore and learn key words and phrases from relevant foreign languages to appreciate the richness and diversity of other cultures. Recognise that there are different ways of seeing the world, and develop an international outlook.

Secondary Schools Learning Boosters

Embrace... Building and nurturing personal, social and economic wellbeing. Learn to channel negative feelings into constructive responses by spending time with experienced practitioners who will invest in students with challenging behaviour issues. Curriculum Links & Learning Outcomes • English – Use performance poetry and spoken word to enable young people to generate creative responses that describe their thoughts and feelings about the impact of prejudice, bullying, discrimination and racism in individuals and communities. • Maths – Explore personal budgeting, money management and a range of financial products and services. Consider risk and reward, and how money can make money through savings, investment and trade. Develope an understanding of the impact of maths in a real-life context. Rock-it... Music as the soundtrack for learning. Learn how cultural history is reflected through the development of music genres. Collaborate with a professional musician to create, perform and record an original composition. Curriculum Links & Learning Outcomes • English – Develop writing skills by playing with language and exploring ways of expressing ideas and feelings through songwriting. • Music – Develop an understanding of musical traditions and the part music plays in national and global culture and in personal identity. Explore how ideas, experiences and emotions are conveyed in a range of music from different times and cultures. On the Ball... Behind the scenes in football across the curriculum. Explore the reality of a football team and investigate the logistics behind league tables, transfers and other football economics. Write match programmes and articles, and take part in a ‘fantasy football’ programme to complete at school and home. Curriculum Links & Learning Outcomes • English – Use a “real-world” situation to develop pupils’ ability to write for contexts and purposes beyond the classroom, such as reports for newspaper articles or websites. • Maths – Work on open and closed tasks in a real-life context which allows pupils to choose appropriate mathematical methods through the exploration of league tables, transfer figures and the economics of football.

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Making the Pitch... What’s your idea and how can you sell It? Design an innovative 21st century product or business idea and work in teams to pitch it to a panel of local ‘Dragons’ from the creative & cultural sector. Curriculum Links & Learning Outcomes • Design & Technology – Generate creative thinking and practical skills to research, design and market an original and innovative product and make links into the real world of business. • English – Develop speaking and listening skills by pitching a product to a panel of inﬂuential people, using a range of language techniques. Pupils will evaluate and reﬂect on both their individual and peers contributions. • Maths – Design a new product and bring together different mathematical concepts and processes such as formula and pattern.

Secondary Schools Subject Explosions

Secondary Schools Subject Explosions Subject Explosions are a creative solution for reviewing and revising curriculum subjects with your students Get creative with exam revision! Give students the space to recall knowledge and actively learn! Bring forgotten facts back to life! What is a Subject Explosion? • Young people and teachers will collaborate with creative practitioners to bring a fresh insight to selected subject areas and use interactive experiences to explore key learning areas. • Young people will engage in creative revision sessions through performance and new media, capturing learning with ﬁlm and photography throughout the day. • A multimedia expert will be on hand to create a ﬁlm for the school to keep and use as a future revision tool for young people and teachers.

Science? Maths? English? Geography? History? Languages? You choose which subject you want to explode! What are the beneﬁts? • Active learning enables young people to relate to the key learning areas making information more tangible and meaningful. • Visual learning allows young people to absorb the learning in a meaningful and purposeful way. • Young people work in collaboration with their peers to solve problems and make decisions, making them independent learners as they look to future academic and career choices.

Subject Explosions

To book a Subject Explosion for your school, please contact Future Creative on 0845 200 4628 or email explore@future-creative.org

Secondary Schools Living in Literature

Living in Literature Jane Austen, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, William Blake, Charlotte Brontë, Robert Burns, Geoffrey Chaucer, Kate Chopin, John Clare, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, George Eliot, Thomas Gray, Thomas Hardy, John Keats, John Maseﬁeld, Christina Rossetti, William Shakespeare, Mary Shelley, Robert Louis Stevenson, Jonathan Swift, Alfred Lord Tennyson, HG Wells, Oscar Wilde, Dorothy Wordsworth, William Wordsworth ...and more!

Bring your set text to life! • Have professional actors re-create the stories from your reading list • Join musicians to rap the poems from your curriculum • Go back in time and re-live the style of the era with a fashion designer • Cook up a storm and discover the tastes and ﬂavours of the period Future Creative provides a unique opportunity for your school, by using artforms and creative learning to bring meaning to the texts you are studying in class. Go deeper and discover the ‘why?’ behind the author’s motives of writing.

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Secondary Schools Foundation Learning

Help your low-attaining students to work towards their chosen ‘destination’ – such as GCSEs, college courses, apprenticeships or skilled work.

What qualifications are on offer? Creative iMedia • Provides candidates with high quality, industry-recognised qualifications. • Develops skills, knowledge and understanding which will support entry into the creative media sector. • Supports achievement of Key Skills and relates to national occupational standards, thereby providing an ideal progression to competence-based qualifications once individuals are in suitable employment. Qualification level OCR Award, Certificate, Diploma from Levels 1 to 3.

Life and Living Skills • Gain accreditation for achievements of a wide range of personal, social and practical skills for use in everyday life. • Suitable for those preparing for Entry Level and level 1 qualiﬁcations. • Designed particularly for young people and mature learners with special educational needs.

Future Creative is a recognised provider of OCR-accredited courses for Foundation Learning. These qualiﬁcations support young people to gain valuable alternative qualiﬁcations and to develop vital life skills.

Qualification level OCR Award, Certificate, Extended Certificate and Diploma from Entry Level 1 to Level 3.

Why deliver Foundation Learning qualiﬁcations in your school? • • • •

Increased participation, attainment and progression Greater ﬂexibility and choice for learners Use of a variety of methods to demonstrate learning outcomes Get accredited qualiﬁcations to improve CVs

The qualiﬁcations will allow for progression to and from OCR’s existing portfolio of qualiﬁcations and will complement other vocational achievements.

Employability Skills • Encourages learners to enter and progress in employment. • Improves confidence and provides an opportunity to develop their skills in different areas. • Units are accessible and can be delivered in bite-sized chunks, using a flexible approach to learning. Qualification level OCR Certificate at Entry Levels 1-3, Level 1 and Level 2.

To book your young people onto one of these accredited courses, please call 0845 200 4628 or email explore@future-creative.org.

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Secondary Schools Creative PSHE Days Creative PSHE Days address important issues in the lives of young people... Supporting young people’s personal, social, heath and economic (PSHE) wellbeing increases their ability to learn and achieve. During a Creative PSHE Day, we give young people a safe and secure environment to discuss the issues that affect them most.

What are the beneﬁts? • A theme-based PSHE day which engages and inspires young people and teachers. • Sessions are designed to actively encourage young people to conﬁdently discuss their thoughts and feelings, giving them more self-awareness and understanding of others. • The sessions enable young people to identify and address the potential triggers which have caused bad behaviour, low aspirations and negative attitudes towards academic learning. • Creative practitioners act as positive role models for future life and career choices, bringing new and different perspectives into the classroom.

To ﬁnd out more information or to book a Creative PSHE Day for your secondary school, please call 0845 200 4628 or email explore@future-creative.org

Secondary Schools Creative PSHE Days Choose your Creative PSHE Day... Understanding connections between personal identity and cultural environment. Helping young people to form a strong sense of self by making positive connections with where they live. Learn how to manage your money - how to save and how to spend. Equipping young people with an understanding of money and budgeting to enable responsible decision-making.

Understanding and accepting cultural differences. Enabling young people to become more open-minded in their beliefs and attitudes towards the people around them.

Taking control of how you think, feel, react and behave. Developing a positive mental attitude and a self-belief in young people, that can be applied to all areas of life.

Body image, perceptions and celebrities. Supporting young people to conﬁdently and effectively manage images portrayed by the media, by learning to value what truly matters.

An education in drugs, alcohol and substance abuse. Providing young people with facts and guidance on alcohol and drug issues and enabling them to make safe and informed choices. Recognised food trends and promoting healthy eating. Increasing awareness of the importance of healthy eating and encouraging right choices in terms of diet and wellbeing.

Love, sex and positive relationships. Addressing social issues surrounding sex and relationships to empower young people to make beneﬁcial choices in life.

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Secondary Schools Creative Horizons

Secondary Schools Creative Horizons Upgrade your Creative PSHE Day to a Creative Horizon!

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I’ve learnt to approach challenges with more conﬁdence and positivity. Year 10 pupil, Aylesford School Sports College, Kent

Spend more time exploring PSHE themes... What is a Creative Horizon?

Using the Creative PSHE Day themes on the previous pages, schools can opt to expand the one-day session into a longer-term programme.

What are the benefits of a Creative Horizon? • Give young people a chance to take a step back and reflect on what motivates them and drives positive and negative behaviour. • Enhance opportunities for in-depth discussions that broaden thoughts and ideas. • Develop young people’s PSHE skills and support them in their learning and achievement. • Give young people new motivations and aspirations as they spend more time understanding why learning is important and how it can influence their futures!

Got a particular theme in mind?

If you would like to explore a particular topic that has not been mentioned, get in touch! Future Creative designs and delivers bespoke Creative Horizons tailored to the requirements of young people in your school.

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Secondary Schools Lend a Lesson

Secondary Schools Lend a Lesson Are there lessons in your school that need an injection of creativity?

Lend a lesson...and see what Future Creative can do with it! A creative practitioner with an academic skillset delivers an inspirational lesson observed by staff using resources from within the school. What are the beneﬁts? • Teachers are supported in the planning and delivery of lessons that need a creative boost. • Children are able to engage with their learning in a meaningful way and give feedback on what works for them. • Teachers are given supported planning, reﬂection and selfevaluation time with a personalised CPD session.

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To lend us a lesson, please call 0845 200 4628 or email explore@future-creative.org

Secondary Schools Arts Portfolio Development

Secondary Schools Arts Portfolio Development Would you like a professional artist to help develop your students’ arts portfolios? Support students in your school who are pursuing a career in the arts and make use of our extensive team of talented and experienced artists and creative industry professionals. Your students can spend time with creative professionals of your choice, and will learn how their arts portfolios can be maximised to reﬂect current market needs. • Produce a high quality GCSE or A Level portfolio that represents the research and concepts behind the chosen piece. • Support future study and careers within a chosen creative industry. • Prepare students for a freelance career in the arts.

Artist in Residence Have your own professional artist ‘in residence’ at your school! What are the beneﬁts?

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• Exposure to the work and process of artists of the highest calibre, bringing creativity into young people’s lives through real-life learning • Have access to CPD opportunities • Use additional arts expertise in lessons • Make the most of an extra pair of creative hands! • Students gain Arts Award qualiﬁcations • Support your BTEC or apprenticeships programme with creative industry professionals’ input on “live” projects • Get your school ready for an Artsmark award

Secondary Schools CPD and Training Courses

Secondary Schools CPD and Training Courses CPD courses for secondary schools

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I now have a much wider ‘archive’ of creative options to use in my lessons and I feel more conﬁdent in taking on the challenge! Teacher, Gravesend Grammar School for Boys, Kent

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Developing a Creative Curriculum Providing staff with practical support to embed creative learning into core curriculum subjects.

Involving Parents in Children’s Learning Sustaining communicative relationships with parents and partnering in young people’s learning experiences.

Facilitating career and skills development for your students in creative industries.

How to be an effective leader that motivates staff and young people Empowering & supporting senior leaders to create successful, high acheiving schools.

Managing challenging behaviour in the classroom Discover best practice in dealing with pupil behaviours, managing situations safely, and improving the classroom.

Tailored programme of training and support designed to equip new teachers with skills for the classroom, and to lay foundations for their future development.

Identify the behaviours and environments that support the development of creative teaching and learning.

Providing all staff with the knowledge and understanding of how to manage issues related to safeguarding and child protection.

Equality and diversity in the secondary school Enabling teachers to identify, plan for and respond to young people’s individual needs.

Are you ready for your Ofsted inspection? Prepare your teachers, young people and parents for an upcoming Ofsted inspection, accounting for recent changes in Ofsted policies and procedures.

Secondary Schools Consultancy

Secondary Schools Get in Touch

Consultancy Get an outside perspective...

Future Creative consultancy goes beyond CPD by identifying areas of development that will enhance the growth and progression of teachers and young people. Using our creative expertise and educational experience, our consultants will: • • • • • •

This service is particularly useful during preparation for your next Ofsted inspection. To ﬁnd out more information about training and consultancy, or to book a course for your setting, please call 0845 200 4628 or email explore@future-creative.org

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Make it happen! If you are interested in booking any of our creative learning programmes, or for any further information, please call 0845 200 4628 or e-mail the Education Team at explore@future-creative.org 47

Success Stories

From ‘Satisfactory’ to ‘Outstanding’ in Ofsted inspections Minterne Community Junior School, Kent

‘Making the Pitch’ Aylesford School - Sports College, Kent

Future Creative has supported and developed creative learning programmes with Minterne Community Junior School for six years, through the Creative Partnerships programme.

Future Creative delivered the ‘Making the Pitch’ programme at Aylesford School in Maidstone, Kent, which at the time was a National Challenge school. Our creative practitioners worked with a group of disengaged Year 10 students with low academic attainment levels.

The programmes were tailored to meet the needs of a wide range of pupils. The Ofsted report stated that “all pupils are beneﬁtting from a highly coherent and relevant curriculum.” Since working with Future Creative, the Ofsted rating at Minterne Community Junior School has progressed from ‘satisfactory’ to ‘outstanding’!

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We have always been keen on raising standards in our school - Future Creative has given us the freedom to do this in a new way. The programmes have absolutely transformed the way that we teach here. (Bill McGrory, Headteacher, Minterne Community Junior School)

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By the end of the programme, 65% of the students had raised their English and Maths grades by one grade or more. All participating young people also achieved their Bronze Arts Award (a Trinity College London qualiﬁcation).

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Students are keener to come to lessons and achieve because they are more involved in their learning. (Mark Floyd, Maths teacher)

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I didn’t know it could be so easy to improve my grades! (Year 10 pupil)

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The recent Ofsted evaluation report for the school (published in April 2011) revealed “high quality learning in academic and personal development.” The creative learning programmes were described as being “at the forefront of successful, innovative design.”

The young people worked collaboratively in teams, designing, modelling and marketing their ideas for an innovative product in a Dragons’ Den type pitching scenario. Throughout the programme, the students conducted intensive market research and worked on comprehensive budgets and forecasting. They made use of new vocabulary as well as maths and business skills as they pitched their designs to a panel of local judges from the creative and cultural sector.

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‘Re-exciting/Re-igniting’, ‘Green Piece’ and ‘Boys Own’ are just a few of the programmes that Future Creative has designed and delivered in partnership with the school, with various areas of focus and development.

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Publications and Resources

Success Stories Raising attainment in writing through curriculum-focused creative learning projects Sandwich Junior School, Kent Future Creative worked in partnership with Sandwich Junior School in 2010/11, delivering creative activity across the school which was designed to better engage pupils in Literacy, and ultimately raise attainment. Years 3, 4 and 5 took part in cross-curricular creative learning projects designed to raise standards in writing. Topics studied included Egyptian history and Greek myths & legends.

Over the last 10 years, policies have initiated and rapidly accelerated a call for greater creativity and more partnering from sectors and interests beyond the school into the learning lives of students in England. Made for each other addresses this challenge in the context of Creative Partnerships as an inspirational platform for new linkages of people, resources, and incentives to work towards greater creativity in society.

Year 6 pupils worked with a Future Creative landscape artist in the outdoor environment, and were able to develop skills in Design Technology, Art and Science.

Visual learning in the community school is a series of ﬁve short books which describe the case study of a real-life creative learning programme in a primary school in Kent. The books explore the shifts in language and take the reader behind the relationships, risks and probabilities of the many adventures possible in learning for creative futures.

Year 6 took ownership of the outdoor environment at the school and led an opening ceremony for the installation of totem poles in the courtyard, which represented speciﬁc values from the school’s ethos. Many stakeholders were involved in the programme, including parents, school governors and the Sandwich Rotary Club. This project has impacted writing results across the school: • Year 3: Previous Average Points -14.63; End of Year Average Points -17.83. Progress 3.1 • Year 4: Previous Average Points -17.43; End of Year Average Points - 21.07. Progress 3.6 • Year 5: Previous Average Points -19.34; End of Year Average Points - 23.84. Progress 4.4

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This study explores the characteristics of creative teachers and identiﬁes the behaviours and environments that support the development of these attributes. This research project was undertaken during 2004-2005, and involved a survey of 20 schools that worked on Future Creative programmes. Creative Teaching for Tomorrow explores the key ﬁndings of effective practice in the context of the programmes established by Future Creative and its partners.

We have had a signiﬁcant improvement in our writing results throughout years 3, 4 and 5. Our SATS results this year in comparison to last year show that children in year 4 have made above average progress. In addition, year 5 results demonstrate that the children have made well above average progress. (Sheilagh Roberts, Headteacher, Sandwich Junior School)

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This book explores the experiences of an infant and primary school with contrasting attitudes to learning. It follows the amalgamation of the two schools and demonstrates the powerful effect that creativity has on changing thoughts, views and opinions.

Flexigons™ is a unique educational and training resource designed speciﬁcally to demonstrate the ﬂexibility and connectivity of the Early Years Foundation Stage and beyond.

To buy copies of these valuable resources for your school, please call 0845 200 4628 or email info@future-creative.org to place your order

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